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Wait till you get the latest version of the software currently being released nationally. Hint: Turn off your receiver's blue, LED circle of lights. When you then notice them on again, you'll know your unit has rebooted after a download.

Can anyone that was not already part of the CE confirm that the DOD is actually up and running?

Any first impressions from the new users of the service??

I did receive the update this morning.

I did not have On Demand until I retested my network connection. Then On Demand appeared in the menu. It must take a while for it to load. It did not show any programs for 1/2 hour after I activated it. There is still not much there yet. When I get something worth downloading, I'll give it a shot.

Back to my other question, though, will someone with no network set up at all be able to even see channel 1000?

I activated DOD before I was wired to the internet and all the DOD features showed up, including being able to see channel 1000. I couldn't use it, of course, until I connected to the internet a few days later. Although there is not much content that I am interested in yet I have been playing around with it and it's working great. Have been able to start watching each show within a minute or so of the start of the download (connected via FiOS). No problems throughout any programs yet. Looking forward to network content. Great job D*.

I did not have On Demand until I retested my network connection. Then On Demand appeared in the menu. It must take a while for it to load. It did not show any programs for 1/2 hour after I activated it. There is still not much there yet. When I get something worth downloading, I'll give it a shot.

I'll keep you updated!

peter

Huh? Thats weird. Guess it is an unusual staggered release. Not exactly West to East!

Anyway, thanks for replying. I will definitely be looking forward to your posts.

Huh? Thats weird. Guess it is an unusual staggered release. Not exactly West to East!

Anyway, thanks for replying. I will definitely be looking forward to your posts.

I did check it again this morning. There are a lot more programs on it now then there was last night. I still don't have any HD programing. I did start a download last night but I did not get a chance to watch it yet. It looks like it did download successfully though. I'll have to check it again tonight when I get home.

I agree that is seems silly to have both an ethernet and phone modem connected simultaneously. One of the reasons I upgraded from the TIVO model was to lose the phone line. Please let DirecTv know they are being redundant.

I did check it again this morning. There are a lot more programs on it now then there was last night. I still don't have any HD programing. I did start a download last night but I did not get a chance to watch it yet. It looks like it did download successfully though. I'll have to check it again tonight when I get home.

peter

There's nothing in HD now. There were a couple of things of no interest to me, but they're gone now. And I mean a "couple" of things literally. As in two.

I agree that is seems silly to have both an ethernet and phone modem connected simultaneously. One of the reasons I upgraded from the TIVO model was to lose the phone line. Please let DirecTv know they are being redundant.

Actually... they are not necessarily "redundent"...

DirecTV simply hasn't updated their system to allow PPV information to go out via the network connection.... given that the HR20/HR21 that have active Network ports (H21 port is not active yet).

So it is a very small percentage of their systems (given there are over 40,000,000 units out there).

The phone line is not 100% used for PPV either... it is in fact also used to validate the phone number the system is connected for (not often done, but can be if DirecTV goe through an "audit" phase).

Lastly...

What do you think would happen... if PPV information was going out over the network... and some industrious "hacker" sniffed the packets... figured out what type of response the system was looking for.... built a mini-webservice host... and then redirected the DNS/Port routing to that mini-webservice host...

DirecTV simply hasn't updated their system to allow PPV information to go out via the network connection.... given that the HR20/HR21 that have active Network ports (H21 port is not active yet).

So it is a very small percentage of their systems (given there are over 40,000,000 units out there).

The phone line is not 100% used for PPV either... it is in fact also used to validate the phone number the system is connected for (not often done, but can be if DirecTV goe through an "audit" phase).

Lastly...

What do you think would happen... if PPV information was going out over the network... and some industrious "hacker" sniffed the packets... figured out what type of response the system was looking for.... built a mini-webservice host... and then redirected the DNS/Port routing to that mini-webservice host...

Then posted that information on the internet....

Two possibilities:

1) Hacker gets free PPV (the most likely reason for hacking)

2) Hacker runs up fraudulent chargers on the targets DTV bill

A phone line connection does not negate either of these possibilities, it just makes the window a little smaller.

However, without having looked at the traffic directly, I'm betting DTV has a pretty heavy encryption tunnel for the traffic, so sniffing it wouldn't do it.

A phone line connection does not negate either of these possibilities, it just makes the window a little smaller.

However, without having looked at the traffic directly, I'm betting DTV has a pretty heavy encryption tunnel for the traffic, so sniffing it wouldn't do it.

Exactly....

And something DirecTV will probably most certainly eventually do...As it has to be DRASTICALLY cheaper to allow that information to upload via the net connection, then having those boxes calling the 1-800 number (both the cost of the call and the equipment on the other end).

But like you said... it has something that has to be built, to make #1 an #2 (and others that we are missing), nearly impossible.

Hey there, I'm just ansy, but I live in Portland, OR (that would be West in my book) but no software update. How is everyone else doing? I have read that Colorado (go Rockies!!) has it, anyone else (non CE)?

Hey there, I'm just ansy, but I live in Portland, OR (that would be West in my book) but no software update. How is everyone else doing? I have read that Colorado (go Rockies!!) has it, anyone else (non CE)?